In the sacred kṣetra of ThirunaRaiyūr, a landscape of divine prosperity unfolds before the Āzhvār's eyes. Great and magnificent conches, emerging from the ocean's depths, arrive in teeming multitudes to first inundate the saltpans. From there, they ascend in splendid, orderly rows, climbing up to fill the very streets and avenues of the town. Upon these sacred pathways,